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Chronology of Coverage

Feb. 19, 2015

The Upshot; survey of archived emails written by Jeb Bush during his tenure as governor of Florida reveals that he was surprisingly comfortable with relatively new technology, both in communicating policy and in chatting with journalists; insight offers hint of how he might approach news media during 2016 presidential campaign should he decide to run. MORE

Feb. 16, 2015

Winners of George Polk Awards in Journalism for 2014 are announced. MORE

Feb. 14, 2015

Corruption investigations at China's state television network China Central Television has led to detention of at least 15 senior executives and has left employees on edge; network has been most powerful propaganda tool in Communist Party's arsenal; focus of inquiry is corrupt business practices and cozy relationships news anchors and executives have with party leaders; party is seizing investigation as chance to reinforce network's propaganda role. MORE

Feb. 14, 2015

Saturday Profile of Peter Pomerantsev, author of book Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible, expose of Russian television industry, which he holds offers propaganda and manipulation of news as its main product. MORE

Feb. 14, 2015

A O Scott An Appraisal lauds New York Times media columnist David Carr for his ability to observe the complexities of digital-age journalism from every angle, and to write about it with unparalleled clarity and wit; praises his generosity, bravery, compassion, and hunger for the absolute truth. MORE

Feb. 12, 2015

David Carr The Media Equation column compares careers of Jon Stewart, host of Comedy Central's The Daily Show, and NBC anchor Brian Williams, in wake of Stewart's announcement that he will retire and Williams's suspension; notes that Stewart is leaving his position as head of comedy show and arguably the most trusted man in news, whereas Williams's career as news anchor may be in jeopardy due to his misrepresentations of facts. MORE

Feb. 8, 2015

Maureen Dowd Op-Ed column questions why NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams felt the need to pad his resume with tall tales about coming under fire in Iraq; suggests that role of news anchor as truth teller is thing of the past, and that TV news is now largely entertainment, and that maybe Williams felt need to lie about his experience in attempt to inflate his profession. MORE

Feb. 6, 2015

Alessandra Stanley The TV Watch column observes NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams, despite public apology over telling untrue story about being on helicopter under fire in Iraq, faces lingering days of media scrutiny and social media criticism; says his hard lesson is that trust earned over 10 years can be lost in less than 10 minutes. MORE

Feb. 5, 2015

Feb. 2, 2015

David Carr The Media Equation column observes media titans Rupert Murdoch and Michael R Bloomberg have fun running their respective media businesses, focusing their time on them and getting involved in all aspects of news production; points out they both like gossip, and are news hounds who like to have broad power on how that news unfolds. MORE

Feb. 1, 2015

Lynsey Addario article, adapted from book It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War, describes having a baby while continuing to work as a photojournalist in some of the world's most dangerous places. MORE

Jan. 26, 2015

Michael R Bloomberg, since his term as New York City mayor ended in 2014, has thrown himself back into his Bloomberg news company with forceful enthusiasm; has shaken up newsroom, changed plans, shifted strategies and involved himself in most detailed policies and decisions; confidants say he is fascinated with power and potential of media. MORE

Jan. 23, 2015

Directors Chris Milk and Spike Jonze, in partnership with Vice News, produce eight-minute virtual-reality experience that puts audiences into Millions March protest in New York in December; Milk has several virtual-reality projects. MORE

Jan. 22, 2015

Foreign policy experts and critics contend appointment of media executive Andrew Lack as first chief executive of Broadcasting Board of Governors will turn dysfunctional agency around in shaping world opinion about United States; say board helmed by Lack, former president of NBC News, will better challenge increasingly hostile views of Americans abroad and more vigorously compete with rivals in information battle. MORE

Jan. 20, 2015

Newly disclosed classified document shows that British intelligence services intercepted email messages to journalists for at least dozen international media organizations at end of 2008, as well as emails sent to United Nations officials and thousands of other people; document is part of trove leaked by Edward J Snowden. MORE

Jan. 16, 2015

Group of 10 news organizations join Virginia Tech to test efficacy of drones for news gathering; partnership includes The New York Times, The Washington Post and NBCUniversal; Virginia Tech remains one of six sites approved by the FAA for testing unmanned aircraft systems. MORE

Jan. 15, 2015

Atty Gen Eric H Holder Jr fortifies protection of journalists' phone records, notes or emails in revisions to rules concerning how and when prosecutors can subpoena journalists; Holder first began reviewing news media guidelines in 2013, and in 2014 made it significantly more difficult to demand records, notes or emails from news organizations. MORE

Jan. 12, 2015

Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai, main supporter of Occupy Central democracy protests, faces charges in court over role of his media outlets in supporting democracy movement; Lai's fate could have repercussions for media freedom throughout Hong Kong. MORE

Jan. 4, 2015

Dec. 29, 2014

Azerbaijani authorities arrest and detain 12 employees of Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty, radio station backed by United States, for up to 12 hours, as prosecutors increase crackdown on journalists and nongovernmental organizations. MORE

Dec. 29, 2014

Some of television's biggest celebrities rise very early in the morning to preprare for their shows; Matt Lauer of Today show, Robin Roberts of Good Morning America and Charlie Rose of This Morning all arrive at network headquarters in Midtown Manhattan before dawn. MORE

Dec. 29, 2014

David Carr The Media Equation column presents Hot Seat list for 2015, in which companies, businesses and executives face major challenges; includes movie studios, NBC News president Deborah Turness, Viacom chief executive Philippe Dauman, New York Times Company president Mark Thompson and Time Inc chief executive Joseph Ripp. MORE

Dec. 23, 2014

Annual report by news media advocacy group Committee to Protect Journalists finds that unusually high number of foreign correspondents were killed in 2014 while reporting on conflicts in Middle East, Ukraine and Afghanistan; also shows that, for third consecutive year, Syria is most dangerous country for journalists. MORE

Dec. 20, 2014

University of Virginia officials criticize media coverage of discredited gang rape story that damaged college's reputation; say they are doing everything in their power to make the campus safer. MORE

Dec. 16, 2014

Dec. 16, 2014

Ernesto Londono Editorial Observer reflects on career and suicide of Dominic Di-Natale, veteran television reporter who covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; recalls Di-Natale seemed happiest in war zones, and was restless back in the United States, eventually succumbing to the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder and neurological ailments that may have stemmed from concussions. MORE

Dec. 15, 2014

Turkish police detain at least 24 police officers, journalists and other media workers; raids come days after Pres Recep Tayyip Erdogan signaled new campaign against supporters of influential Muslim cleric Bethullah Gulen, who he accused of attempting to overthrow his government; detentions draw more than 1,000 demonstrators who protest against repression of news media. MORE

Dec. 15, 2014

Sony Pictures Entertainment sends letter to news media outlets warning them against using any information, including emails, publicly released by hackers who attacked studio's computer systems; hackers, who have pressured firm to withdraw film The Interview, say more data will be released by Christmas. MORE

Dec. 15, 2014

David Carr The Media Equation column excoriates California blogger Charles C Johnson, saying he may be ultimate expression of toxic and inflammatory citizen journalism; contends Johnson's followers are conspiracy-minded readers who think nation is being overcome by criminals, feminists and politicians who enable them. MORE

Dec. 15, 2014

Op-Ed article by screenwriter and playwright Aaron Sorkin blasts news media for being complicit in massive cyberattack against Sony Pictures Entertainment by making public stolen information. MORE

Dec. 10, 2014

Senate Intelligence Committee report says CIA leaked classified information to reporters to shape perception that its detention and interrogation program was efficacious method to stop terrorism; cites government tensions over CIA's interactions with media. MORE

Dec. 9, 2014

Joe Nocera Op-Ed column foresees grim future for The New Republic now that most of its senior staff have departed in protest of changes instituted by owner Chris Hughes; observes Hughes's vision of a profitable, vertically integrated media company is at odds with the history of publication that has traditionally lost money in order to preserve its distinctive voice in policy debate. MORE

Dec. 7, 2014

Ross Douthat Op-Ed column contends one of most interesting eulogies for The New Republic was written by Ezra Klein, Vox.com editor in chief, because he wrote as spokesman for new model of political journalism; offers amendment to Klein's eulogy, noting that TNR was not just a liberal magazine, but a liberal-arts magazine, which emphasize literary style and intellectual ambition. MORE

Dec. 6, 2014

Azerbaijan court orders jailing of reporter Khadija Ismayilova, who has long angered the government for reporting on the business dealings of Pres Ilham Aliyev’s family and on accusations of human rights abuses; her jailing is latest and most drastic development in a sharp deterioration of relations between Azerbaijan and the West. MORE

Dec. 1, 2014

Ernesto Londono Editorial Observer relates his experience as an embedded reporter during eight years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan; describes conflicting emotions he and other reporters felt as they tried to remain critical of the military while depending on it for their own survival. MORE

Dec. 1, 2014

Vox Media will announce that it has closed $46.5 million round of financing from New York investment firm General Atlantic; investment values company at $380 million, and comes at time when digital-media companies are suddenly of interest to venture-capital firms. MORE

Nov. 27, 2014

Local oligarchs and investment groups across Eastern Europe are snapping up newspapers and other media companies, prompting concerns about press freedom; Matus Kostolny resigns his position as editor in chief of Solvakia's SME newspaper after one such group bought large share in its parent company. MORE

Nov. 26, 2014

Joint report by Mark G Peters, Department of Investigation commissioner, and Richard J Condon, special commissioner of investigation for city schools, finds Mayor Bill de Blasio’s aides violated state law and city regulations by holding closed-door meeting with members of Communications Workers of America in public school building, since such meetings must be nonexclusive; de Blasio says press should have been admitted to meeting and that mistake will not happen again. MORE

Nov. 25, 2014

David Carr The Media Equation column questions why media, including himself, did not actively pursue investigation into sexual abuse accusations against Bill Cosby until now. MORE

Nov. 24, 2014

Media outlets have taken role of internships and repackaged them as fellowships, largely a semantic shift; some editors say distinction between an internship and a fellowship is very real in terms of learning experience, offering more of a pipeline for a permanent position, but critics say lines are increasingly blurred. MORE

Nov. 21, 2014

Former New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson and journalist Steven Brill are in talks with Huffington Post to host long-form journalism site; new venture could pay writers advances of up to $100,000. MORE

Nov. 20, 2014

Former British Sun reporter Mazher Mahmood, who for three decades posed as wealthy sheikh in order to uncover prostitution, drug trade and other crimes, has come under public scrutiny with release of BBC documentary; Mahmood, long a star in Rupert Murdoch's British tabloid stable, has come to represent Britain's journalistic excesses. MORE

Nov. 20, 2014

Uber executive Emil Michael's comments about investigating private life of PandoDaily tech journalist Sarah Lacy open window into competitive and sometimes incestuous group of publications that have grown up to cover tech industry; controversy reveals how complicated it is for tech journalists to balance competing interests, as many of the big-name companies they cover appear at conferences and live events that provide publications with revenue. MORE

Nov. 20, 2014

NBC Universal is announcing strategic investment in Kensho that includes larger agreement specifically with CNBC; Kensho's software will be used to conduct the analysis and CNBC will provide Kensho with content for integration into Kensho's platform; companies say they will also collaborate on digital products. MORE

Nov. 20, 2014

Karen Crouse On Golf column examines score-settling battle between two titans in world of golf, sportswriter Dan Jenkins and legendary golfer Tiger Woods; contends that too often lately in golf’s wars of words, men trying to be witty have failed to grasp that there can be no truth without humanity. MORE

Nov. 18, 2014

Comments from Uber’s senior vice president for business during a private dinner last week suggested a way the company might combat what it saw as antagonistic media coverage. MORE

Nov. 17, 2014

Marshall Project, nonprofit news organization focused on the American criminal justice system and headed by former New York Times executive editor Bill Keller, goes live; Manhattan start-up has 25 employees. MORE

Nov. 13, 2014

Chinese Pres Xi Jinping, during news conference with Pres Obama, appears to draw link between unfavorable coverage of his government and visa access problems for reporters; comments confirm suspicions that Beijing punishes journalists it does not like by miring visa requests in bureaucracy or declining them. MORE

On Monday’s show, Mr. O’Reilly played CBS News footage from 1982 that showed violent protests and quoted correspondents describing the scene, but former colleagues said his account was still flawed. (With video.)

February 24, 2015, Tuesday

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